Subscription Required Introduction Dec. 12, 2016, © Leeham Co.: “China Inc.,” the combined group of airlines and lessors directed or controlled by the government, is Boeing’s largest customer, an China is Boeing largest single customer. Campaign rhetoric of… Read More
Top 10 Leeham News stories of 2016
Dec. 15, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The story about a Boeing official who asserted that the Airbus widebody strategy is a “mess” proved to be LNC’s most read story of 2016. Our second most-read story is why the… Read More
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Posted on December 15, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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737-7, 747, 777-10, 777X, 787, A320, A350-1000, A350-2000, A350-800, A350-900, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CS300, Dennis Muilenburg, Jim McNerney, Kevin McAllister, Leeham News, Middle of the Market
Boeing cuts 777 production rate again
Dec. 13, 2016: Boeing yesterday announced another production rate cut for the 777 Classic, effective next August. The rate goes to 5/mo. Because of the transition to the 777X, the actual delivery rate will be 3.5/mo. Leeham Co…. Read More
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Posted on December 13, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Boeing faces prospect of China’s political wrath thanks to Trump
Subscription Required Introduction Dec. 12, 2016, © Leeham Co.: “China Inc.,” the combined group of airlines and lessors directed or controlled by the government, is Boeing’s largest customer, an China is Boeing largest single customer. Campaign rhetoric of… Read More
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Posted on December 12, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Airbus, Bank of China, BOC Aviation, Boeing, Donald Trump, ExIm Bank, Jim McNerney, Richard Nixon
Pontifications: More job cuts coming at Airbus, Boeing
Dec. 12, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Airbus and Boeing continue to cut costs with internal reorganizations. These are needed efforts. And they trickle down to the supply chain. The new CEO at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Kevin McAllister, is… Read More
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Posted on December 12, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Iran, Boeing reach agreement on big aircraft order; Trump casts cloud
Dec. 11, 2016: Iran and Boeing reached an agreement on the 80-airplane order that includes 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs and 15 777-9s. The final contract still has unspecified contingencies before it can be booked as firm orders,… Read More
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Posted on December 11, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Comparing A350s, 787s and A380s
Editor’s note: We don’t typically do “trip reports;” this isn’t the scope of LNC. But occasionally one crosses our desk that we find of interest. One of our readers, William Bain, provided the following to us and we thought… Read More
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Posted on December 9, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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787, A350, A380, Airbus, airlines, Akbar Al-Baker, ANA, Boeing, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, William Bain
Norwegian, others have vision; US airlines don’t
Subscription Required Introduction Dec. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co. Last weeks’ approval by the US Department of Transportation of a license for Norwegian Air Shuttle to operate long-haul, low-cost service to and from the US drew immediate fire… Read More
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Posted on December 5, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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737-8, 737-800, 737-9, 737-900ER, 767, 787, A321LR, A321NEO, A330, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Icelandair, Laker Airways, Loftleider, SkyTrain, United Airlines
Pontifications: Making sense of WTO Boeing subsidy case
Dec. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Far be it from me to say, I told you so. But I did. When Washington State extended the Boeing 787 tax breaks in November 2013 to the 777X through 2040, I… Read More
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Posted on December 5, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 5
By Bjorn Fehrm December 02, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We will now look at the combustor area in our series on modern turbofan engines. There is a lot of activity in this area, as it sets the level of… Read More
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Posted on December 2, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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For Airbus and Boeing, it’s about Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Nov. 29, 2016, (c) Leeham Co.: When it comes to the prospect of imposing trade sanctions or retaliatory tariffs on Airbus for airplanes ordered by US customers, the European manufacturer has some advantages over Boeing few people apparently have… Read More
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Posted on November 29, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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787, A320, A330, A350, Airbus, Alabama, Boeing, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, World Trade Organization, WTO
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